Section 212 — Companies Act 1993: Shareholders may elect not to receive documents

212 Shareholders may elect not to receive documents (1) A shareholder of a company may from time to time, by written notice to the company, waive the right to receive all or any documents from the company and may revoke the waiver in the same manner and, while the waiver is in effect, the company need not send to the shareholder the documents to which the waiver relates. (2) However, if a shareholder of a company purports to waive the right to receive both a copy of the annual report and a notice under section 209(1)(b) ,— (a) the purported waiver is invalid; and (b) the board of the company must, in accordance with section 209(1) , send to the shareholder a copy of the annual report or a notice under section 209(1)(b) . Section 212 was amended, as from 18 June 2007, by section 10(1) Companies Amendment Act (No 2) 2006 (2006 No 62) by substituting “ A ” for “ Subject to section 210, a ” . See clause 2(1) Companies Amendment Act (No 2) 2006 Commencement Order 2007 (SR 2007/108). Subsection (2) was inserted, as from 18 June 2007, by section 10(2) Companies Amendment Act (No 2) 2006 (2006 No 62). See clause 2(1) Companies Amendment Act (No 2) 2006 Commencement Order 2007 (SR 2007/108).